Watch this "Pirate Football Playback" episode of the The Sports Objective's series of podcasts and YouTube clips. The Sports Objective team of David Richmond, Bubba Rosenbaum, Kyle Barber and Matt Semenza break down East Carolina's Saturday night shutout of Gardner-Webb, touch on some other highlight games from around the country and glance ahead at the Pirates' Saturday night … [Read more...]
THE SPORTS OBJECTIVE
Inside Game Day
Pirates post soggy shutout
GREENVILLE — Needing a win for confidence and momentum going into the start of the American Athletic Conference schedule, East Carolina put together a thorough 44-0 victory over Gardner-Webb on Saturday night. The Pirates recorded their first shutout since a season-starting 38-0 win at Duke in 2000. The Bulldogs were limited to 107 total yards, the fewest by an ECU opponent … [Read more...]
Football Feature
Game Day Weather
Tropical storm conditions during the morning should subside and transition to more favorable conditions before the 6 p.m. kickoff between East Carolina and Gardner-Webb at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. There will be a chance of rain before 8 p.m., then a chance of showers until midnight. It will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 60 as the night progresses. Prevailing southwest winds … [Read more...]
Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe
Bonesville Pregame Show
Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for the Bonesville Pregame Show as they preview East Carolina's Saturday, Sept. 23, game with reigning Big South Conference champion Gardner-Webb at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville (6 p.m., ESPN+). Myatt and Monroe analyze the Pirates and their opponent ahead of kickoff each week. With decades of experience as a sports journalist, Myatt has … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates need first ‘W’ vs. G-W once more
East Carolina and Gardner-Webb have one win between them this season and that lone victory is not on the Pirates' side of the ledger. After three matchups with favored teams, including road trips to No. 2 Michigan and Appalachian State, the schedule appears to give the Pirates a break with a contest at home against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent, Gardner-Webb, … [Read more...]